Second International Conference on Central Asian Archaeology held at the University of Bern, Switzerland, 13-15 February 2020 Zweite internationale Konferenz zur Archäologie Zentralasiens durchgeführt an der Universität Bern, Schweiz, 13.-15. Februar 2020

Cultures in Contact as Focus of Trade, Cultural Exchange and Knowledge Transmission

Kulturen im Kontakt Zentralasien als Schwerpunkt von Handel, Kulturaustausch und Wissensvermittlung

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Society for the Exploration of EurAsia Institut für ArchäologischeWissenschaften Pilatusstrasse 20 Abteilung für VorderasiatischeArchäologie 6052 Hergiswil, Switzerland Mittelstrasse 43, 3012 Bern, Switzerland www.exploration-eurasia.com www.iaw.unibe.ch/index_ger.html

Wednesday, 12th February 2020

18:00 - Pre-Registration at the For those who will arrive later the registration will be on 20:30 Hotel Kreuz, Zeughausgasse 41, 3011 Bern Thursday, 13th February 2020, directly at the congress venue. 18:30 Dinner Invited Speakers only

Thursday, 13th February 2020

Venue: The University of Bern, Mittelstrasse 43, 3012 Bern, Switzerland. Building Uni Mittelstrasse, Room 124

08:00 Registration 08:30 Welcome NN (University of Bern) 09:00 Opening Conference Novák Mirko Institute for Archaeological Sciences, University of Bern, Bern (CH)

09:20 The Society for the Exploration of EurAsia in Contact with the Baumer Christoph Past and Present Society for the Exploration of EurAsia, Hergiswil (CH)

Session 1: Elam and Chair: Cerasetti Barbara 09:35 Cultures in Contact - Cultural Transformation - Novák Mirko Transculturation. An Archaeological Perspective Institute for Archaeological Sciences, University of Bern, Bern (CH)

10:00 The fist-sized "command batons" from Elam and Bactria- Mäder Michael Institute for Linguistics, University of Bern, Bern (CH)

10:25 Discussion 10:45 Coffee Break

Session 2: Chair: Naymark Aleksander 11:10 Sharing Spiritual Life and Beliefs in the Murghab Region Forni Luca (Southern Turkmenistan): New Evidence from Department of Human Studies, University of Trieste, Terracotta Figurines and Seals Bologna (IT)

11:35 Lock-shaped Stone Handbags (Pierre Ansées) from Central Bonora Gian Luca and Middle Asia: Typology, Distribution and new Findings ISMEO, Ferrara (IT)

12:00 Redefine the idea of BMAC through the last innovative data of Cerasetti Barbara the Late Bronze Age Margiana Department of History and Cultures, University of Bologna, Bologna (IT)

12:25 Discussion 12:50 Lunch

Chair: Sollee Alexander 14:00 Swiss Research at Gonur Depe in 2014 and 2015 Langenegger Katarzyna archaeology, University of Basel, Basel (CH)

14:25 Between two cultures - the archaeological record of Akdepe Kurbanov Aydogdy Collegium de Lyon fellow 2019-2020

14:50 Sine Sepulchro cultures of the Early Iron Age: an Lhuillier Johanna interconnected Central Asian community of cultures Archéorient UMR 5133, CNRS, Lyon (FR)

15:15 Isotopic Studies of Bronze Age Societies in Central Asia and Kroll Sonja Iran Archéozoologie, archéobotanique: sociétés, pratiques et enviroment, CNRS, MNHN, UMR 7209, Paris (FR)

15:40 Discussion 16:05 Coffee Break Session 3: Central Asia Chair: Mäder Michael 16:30 Hellenistic Bactria. A view from Torbulok, Lindström Gunvor Eurasia Department, Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Berlin (DE)

16:55 Early History of Sogdiana and its international trade: silk, fur, Naymark Aleksandr amber, and slaves Fine Arts & Art History, Hofstra University, New York (US)

17:20 New discoveries in Paikend: on nomadic influence in Sogdian Omelchenko Andrey domains Oriental, The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg (RU)

17:45 Cultural Exchange along the as Reflected in the Begmatov Alisher Sealings Unearthed from Kafir-kala Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences, Berlin (DE)

18:10 Discussion 19:30 Dinner free for Inv. Speakers, others on registration

Program subject to change. Friday, 14th February 2020

Venue: The University of Bern, Mittelstrasse 43, 3012 Bern, Switzerland. Building Uni Mittelstrasse, Room 124

Session 4: Central Asia continued Chair: Shenkar Michael 08:30 A study of the gold folding crown from Tillya-tepe as an Peterson Sara indicator of cultural exchange and status and Archaeology, School of Oriental and African Studies, London University, Wiltshire (UK)

08:55 Monumental plot polychrome painting of Karatepa in Old Pidaev Shakirdjan Termez Institute of Art of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of , Tashkent (UZ)

09:20 Fortifications, fortresses, and border walls in ancient Bactria- Rapin Claude Sogdiana (sedentary and nomads between Samarkand and Ai CNRS Paris, ENS / UMR 8546 Archéologie et Philologie Khanum) d’Orient et d’Occident (AOROC), Paris (FR)

09:45 Discussion 10:10 Coffee Break

Chair: Lhuillier Johanna 10:35 Bactrian influence in the re-foundation of Vardana in the Early Pozzi Silvia Medieval period Independent researcher, Udine (IT)

11:00 Crossroads between Iran and Central Asia. New data on the Bruno Jacopo ceramic assemblage of the Bukhara Oasis. Università degli Studi di Torino, Torino (IT)

11:25 Local trade routes in Pre-Islamic Samarkand Mantellini Simone History and Cultures, University of Bologna, Ravenna (IT)

11:50 A Study on the Clothes Carved in the Wooden Panels from Murakami Tomomi Kafir-kala Slavic Eurasian Research Center of Hokkaido University, Sapporo (JP)

12:15 Discussion 12:40 Lunch

Chair: Pozzi Silvia 14:00 Hand gestures in Sogdian iconography, their origins, and their Shavarebi Ehsan significance Institute of Numismatics and Money History, University of Vienna, Vienna (AT)

14:25 Eastern Zeravshan valley in Transition from the Sogdian to the Shenkar Michael Arab Rule: New evidence from the Sanjar-Shah Excavations Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem (IL)

14:50 Modular residence block in in comparative context Lurje Pavel Oriental Department, State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg (RU)

15:15 End of the Long Way. Tamgha-signs from Qarshovul-tepa as a Ilyasov Djangar marker of Nomad's sedentarisation process Art History, Institute of Art Studies, Academy of Sciences of Republic of Uzbekistan, Tashkent (UZ)

15:40 Discussion 16:05 Coffee Break

Chair: Bonora Gian Luca 16:30 Early Karakhanidian glazed ceramics from Bukhara (based on Mirzaachmedov Djamaliddin materials from the complex of the Vardanzeh citadel) Uzbekistan Academy of Science Y. Gulomov, Samarkand (UZ)

16:55 The cultural traditions of urban planning in Samarkand during Malikov Azim the epoch of Timur Asian studies, Palacký University, Olomouc (CZ)

17:20 The Bamiyan Valley as a center of trade and cultural Bendezu Sarmiento Julio exchange: the latest excavations on the site of Shahr-e Eco-anthropologie et Ethnobiologie (UMR 7206), MNHN, Gholghola CNRS, Paris (FR)

17:45 An archaeological survey of sites of Kech-Makran, Balochistan, Shabir Imran Pakistan TIAC, Taxila Institute of Asian Civilizations, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad (PK) 18:10 Discussion 19:30 Dinner Invited Speakers only

Program subject to change. Saturday, 15th February 2020

Venue: The University of Bern, Mittelstrasse 43, 3012 Bern, Switzerland. Building Uni Mittelstrasse, Room 124

Session 5: Azerbaijan Chair: Kurbanov Aydogdy 08:30 Archaeological evidence of the presence of the Khazars in the Asadov Farda territory of Azerbaijan in the VII-X centuries History and Economy of Arab countries, Institute of Oriental Studies, Baku (AZ)

08:55 Archaeological Representation of Caspian Trade Route on the Mustafayev Shahin Territory of Azerbaijan Institute of Oriental Studies after Z.M. Buniyatov, Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences, Baku (AZ)

Session 6: and Chair: Rutishauser Susanne 09:45 New data on the ancient settlement of Ak-Beshim (Chu River Amanbaeva Bakyt Valley, Northern Kyrgyzstan) Institute of History, Archaeology and Ethnology of the National Academy of Sciences of Kyrgyz Republic, Bishkek (KG)

10:10 Discussion 10:35 Coffee Break

Chair: Caspari Gino (tbc) 11:00 The medieval town of Talkhir. Origination and development Eder Saltanat of urban culture in the northeast Zhetisu. University of Bern, Hall in Tirol (AT)

11:25 To the genesis of the cities of Chui Valley (according to data Kolchenko Valerii from the site Novopokrovskoe-2) Archaeology, Institute of History, Archaeology and Ethnology of the NAS KR, Bishkek (KG)

11:50 Ili Valley Settlement: Urban Development along the Northern Stewart Charles Silk Route Art History, University of St.Thomas, Houston (US)

12:15 Archaeological Investigations of the Medieval town Ilibalyk: Voyakin Dmitriy Achievements and Perspectives Archaeology, International Institute for Central Asian Studies, Almaty (KZ)

12:40 Discussion 13:05 Lunch

Session 7: and Tuva Chair: Stewart Charles 14:20 Chemurchek (Qiemuerqieke) phaenomenon as result of Kovalev Alexey western migration and its impact on cultures of South Siberia Department of Preservation of Archaeological Heritage, and Kazakhstan Institute of Archaeology Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg (RU)

14:45 At the Crossroad of the Ancient World – On the Kingdom of Høisæter Tomas Larsen Kroraina and its implications for the Silk Route model Department of Archaeology, History, Cultural Studies and Religion, University of Bergen, Bergen (NO)

15:10 Ulug-Khem archaeological culture of the Xiongnu period in Leus Pavel Tuva Independent archaeologist, Berlin (DE)

15:35 The Steppe and the Sown - New evidence for culture contacts Caspari Gino and migration between South Siberia and Central Asia Institut for Archaeological Sciences, University of Bern, Bern (CH)

16:00 Discussion 16:25 Coffee Break

16:50 Conclusion discussion Novák Mirko / Susanne Rustishauser Institute for Archaeological Sciences, University of Bern, Bern (CH) 18:15 Closure of Conference Novák Mirko Institute for Archaeological Sciences, University of Bern, Bern (CH) Baumer Christoph Society for the Exploration of EurAsia, Hergiswil (CH)

19:00 Dinner Invited Speakers only

Program subject to change.